My second uncle was hit again, his body thrashing about like a fish pulled from the water. My second aunt, thoroughly enraged by Old Zhang's ruthlessness, grabbed the stick that was about to fall again, her tone turning fierce.

"Father! Chu'er is fine now. If you keep hitting her, you'll kill the second son. How can you live with yourself when the white-haired bury the black-haired?

Upon hearing the words, "Sister Chu is alright now," Yunling's hard-won sympathy for them vanished instantly.

The victim's success in escaping the clutches of the perpetrator through their own efforts is a matter of luck and ability. How can this be used as a reason for the perpetrator to escape responsibility?

This is unfair, it's very unfair to Yun Chu.

Yunling was dissatisfied and wanted to argue, but Old Man Zhang spoke first.

"What are you saying? What do you mean 'nothing's wrong now'? What if something happens? Are you going to say, 'What's done is done, so let's think of a solution'?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Yunling felt reassured. Her grandfather was reasonable, and he would never fail to uphold Yun Chu's fairness in this matter.

My second aunt was already furious, and seeing that Old Man Zhang showed no sign of stopping, her resentment grew even stronger.

"What did we do wrong? We just wanted to form a marriage alliance with the Yun family to pave the way for our future. What's wrong with that???"

“Right now, Jing’er is talking about good families, and Xiao’er is talking about young ladies in the city. Their first wife is getting better and better, and sooner or later they will go to the city.”

"But we have nothing, so we thought of keeping the benefits within the family and forming a marriage alliance with the Yun family to give us a push."

"Tell me, this third sister is getting better and better. Her family has become wealthy, and she even got married into the Qin family. But has she helped her family in any way? Has she ever helped us?"

Now, not only Old Man Zhang, but even Old Woman Zhang couldn't stand it anymore.

"Second son's wife, apart from Chunniang and having some blood relation, the second son is nothing special. Aren't there enough examples of blood relatives killing each other in this world? In our village alone, wasn't Silly Six's father pushed into the pond by his own son?"

“Chunniang did take advantage of you in preparing her dowry, but over the years, hasn’t Hua Ge’er given us enough things? When it comes to people and things, you should first ask yourself how much you have given to others before you start asking for favors.”

The eldest aunt thought this made sense, so even though she envied Chu'er's skills, she only talked about it and never dared to overstep the bounds.

But her second aunt didn't think that way. She knew that Old Madam Zhang had always doted on Zhang Shi, and that this blatant disrespect and direct insult only exacerbated her already irritated mood.

When he first married her, he always said, "My daughter-in-law, my daughter-in-law, a daughter-in-law is better than a daughter." Now that she has given birth to many children for the Zhang family, she shows a completely different face.

What daughter-in-law? Her daughter-in-law isn't her biological daughter; her daughter is. To her, her daughter-in-law will never be as dear as her daughter.

“You can’t bend your fingers too much. I’ve heard that Third Sister’s business deals are all with people in the village. If we’re talking about closeness, aren’t we closer to those outsiders in the village?”

My second aunt immediately plopped down on the ground and started acting like a spoiled brat.

"We've already crossed the line today, so I might as well be blunt. Our second branch also wants to do business with the Yun family. If our first branch continues to be so spineless, I'll divorce my second son!"

“I don’t want to live a cowardly life anymore. If you don’t agree, our second branch will break up. Let others laugh at us, but we won’t live like this anymore.”

The second aunt's shamelessness left everyone present looking at each other in disbelief. In the minds of Zhang Shi, Zhang's mother, and the eldest aunt, marriage was a lifelong commitment, and they had never thought of divorce.

Therefore, when the second aunt proposed this option, most of them were stunned and didn't know what to do.

The second aunt was quite pleased with herself. If she were to divorce, wouldn't the Zhang family be a laughing stock? And who would take care of their two children?

Therefore, she was very confident about her upcoming cooperation with the Yun family. If she weren't afraid of showing off too much, she would have crossed her legs.

However, the second son of the Zhang family suddenly spoke in a weak voice, saying only:

"If that's the case, then let's get a divorce."

The second aunt could hardly believe her ears. She turned around frantically, grabbed the second son's hand, and asked:

"What did you say?! Do you even know what you're saying???"

"Divorce."

Ever since he was instigated to do this bad thing, Zhang's second son has been unable to sleep at night. He always dreams that Zhang's wife resents him, saying that he disregards the bond between siblings. He also dreams of the three siblings playing together when they were young, when he was the second son who loved his sister the most.

However, every time he woke up from his dream, he was still immersed in the instigation of his bedmate, and he had to think about his two children.

He was in agony. He even felt a sense of pleasure and relief when Old Man Zhang hit him with those blows, as if each blow would wash away his sins and allow him to rebuild his relationship with Zhang.

The words "let's get a divorce" from his bedmate made him feel reconciled. He no longer wanted to be controlled by anyone, and he could bear the consequences of his future life, whether it was good or bad, on his own.

But the second aunt panicked. She had only meant to scare them, and this was an impromptu remark she hadn't discussed with her second son. She didn't know he had taken it seriously.

"Don't you think about your two children???"

"Aren't you thinking about our future???"

The more smug my second aunt was just now, the more humble she became. She didn't want a divorce, and she didn't dare to.

After this incident, she already has a hard time explaining things to her parents' family. If she gets a divorce and goes back, where will she go?

In the years since she married into the Zhang family, she really didn't have any outstanding skills. Her cooking skills were not as good as the eldest son's, her embroidery skills were not as good as Zhang's mother's, and her two children were not particularly outstanding either. Thinking about it carefully, it seems that the Zhang family could function just fine without her.

More importantly, if she really divorces the second son, Zhang will definitely take care of him out of consideration for their sibling relationship. Then he will become rich, and he might even be able to marry a woman better than her.

Then wouldn't she be a bastard who brought this upon herself?

No, she can't be that stupid!

"Husband, let's go back inside, I'll apply the medicine for you."

"Let's make things clear."

The second aunt immediately threw herself at Zhang's feet, hugged her leg, and cried:

"Third sister, I was wrong, I was really wrong. I shouldn't have had such bad thoughts. I'm not human, I'm really not human."